It’s known as the Chinese “Romeo and Juliet” — though it predates Shakespeare by centuries. “The Butterfly Lovers” is a traditional Chinese folk tale, dating back more than a thousand years. In it, a ...

The romantic but tragic story of the Butterfly Lovers is sometimes compared to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. (Pixabay pic) On Aug 25, some of the more traditional members of the Chinese community ...

A woman disguised as a boy falls in love with a man she can never have - it's the stuff of romantic tragedies from Shakespeare to "Yentl" and beyond. In ancient China, a similar legend took on fame as ...

Tears fall down Yingtai Zhu’s cheeks as she leans toward the grave of her beloved Liang. Played by second-year business economics student Xiaoyi Chen, Zhu is a young Chinese girl fighting for her love ...

Last Saturday, the Chinese Undergraduate Student Association (CUSA) presented a modern retelling of “The Butterfly Lovers,” a ancient Chinese legend set in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Written and ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In celebration of the Chinese New Year, Chinus Cultural Productions and China Arts ...

Whatever the confluences of culture, tradition, and 20th-century upheaval that have contributed to Chinese dance, as presented by Beijing Dance Academy members on their current West Coast tour, the ...

The famous Chinese ballet performing group, Shanghai Ballet, gave their performance of “Butterfly Lovers,” a Chinese ancient love story, at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Jan. 28 and 29.

The Cagliari Opera House is focusing on internationalization and is bringing together Sardinian talents in an Italian-Chinese cultural exchange project. With these words, Superintendent Andrea Cigni ...